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Unconscious influences on decision making: Neuroimaging and neuroevolutionary perspectives

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  24 January 2014

Samantha J. Brooks  and
Dan J. Stein
Samantha J. Brooks
Affiliation:
Department of Psychiatry and Mental Health, Groote Schuur Hospital, University of Cape Town, Observatory 7925, South Africa. Samantha.brooks@uct.ac.za dan.stein@uct.ac.za http://www.health.uct.ac.za/departments/psychiatry/about/
Dan J. Stein
Affiliation:
Department of Psychiatry and Mental Health, Groote Schuur Hospital, University of Cape Town, Observatory 7925, South Africa. Samantha.brooks@uct.ac.za dan.stein@uct.ac.za http://www.health.uct.ac.za/departments/psychiatry/about/
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Abstract

Newell and Shanks provide a useful critique on unconscious decision making. However, they do not consider an important set of functional brain imaging studies of unconscious processes. Here we review briefly the relevant brain imaging and psychobiological literature and its implications for understanding unconscious decision making.

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Behavioral and Brain Sciences , Volume 37 , Issue 1 , February 2014 , pp. 23 - 24
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2014 

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